The overall aim of this study was to ascertain the nature of the differences that exist, in selected aspects, between two groups of pupils, viz. regular attenders and persistent absentees. More specifically, the research ...

This qualitative case study was carried out in the School of Education, Edgewood Campus, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. The study had two objectives: firstly, to understand lecturers’ experiences ...

This study will take the form of a case study of a group of Deaf Information Technology
(IT) students and their Sign Language interpreters at Durban University of Technology
(DUT). These students are enrolled under ...

The higher education landscape in South Africa has significantly changed upon attainment of democracy in 1994. Access to higher education has been increased for students from previously disadvantaged groups. However, access ...

As part of the Indian diaspora whose ancestors were indentured labourers brought to South Africa to work in the sugar plantation (Mishra, 1996) with little scope for education, I repeatedly heard the expression ‘the only ...

The rise of fundamentalism in the sphere of teacher education points to a swing back towards teachers as service workers for State agendas. Increasingly, teachers are expected to account
for the outcomes of their practices. ...

This thesis is an exploration of Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) Technology lecturers’ and in-service teachers’ understanding of the design process and how it influences their pedagogical practice. Creativity, ...

The present study investigates the attitude of adolescents to authority. Thirty-eight adolescents from Boys' Town, Tongaat, participated in this study. The intention of the study was to investigate the attitude of the boys ...

There appears to be a need to demystify suicidal behaviour not just for the benefit of researchers and health workers but equally for parents, teachers and most importantly for adolescents themselves. The focus in this ...

A number of studies have explored the relationship between adult education and community development. These often do not provide in-depth accounts of how such relationships emerge and develop. The case study of Emesco ...

The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights has as one of its components and the world call to achieve education for all has led to a number of countries' introduction of Free Education. In Lesotho the call was heeded ...

The HIV and AIDS pandemic that has struck worldwide has impacted not only on those whose lives it has taken but on the loved ones left behind to cope with the trauma, stigma and discrimination of the disease. HIV and AIDS ...

This thesis explores the ways in which a group of boys who belong to gangs enact their masculinity. The focus is on African boys' construction of their masculinities within gang cultures at a primary school in Inanda, ...

The concept of racially-desegregated state schooling in South Africa was officially implemented in 1991. This change to racially-mixed schooling was not without problems. There are, to date, few known studies on this theme ...

In addition to being more likely to fail and dropout, African students are also less likely to succeed academically, let alone excel while doing so. In a critical move against a dominant deficit, failure, and drop-out ...

This study investigated how a group of African high school girls attending an urban high school
construct their sexual identities and how their particular constructions are related to their
engagement in risky sexual ...

This research was undertaken from an ecosystemic perspective, the aim of which was to explore and understand what perceptions Afrikaner adolescents have of the HIV & AIDS pandemic. The research was undertaken at an Afrikaans ...

The agency or personal involvement of the principal within a school is perceived
as being of vital importance to the success of innovations. Leadership is
necessary, not only to manage the escalating changes in academia, ...